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Battle of Algiers

Battle of Algiers was a battle fought on 30 September 1956 at Algiers, in what is now Algeria. It was part of the Algerian War, which ran from 1954 to 1962. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 5,000 militants against 8,000 soldiers; 1,500 policemen.

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De gauche à droite, derrière : Djamila Bouhired, Yacef Saadi, Hassiba Bent-Bouali. Devant : Samia Lakhdari, Omar, le neveu de Yacef Saadi, Ali la Pointe, une arme à la main, et Zohra Drif.
De gauche à droite, derrière : Djamila Bouhired, Yacef Saadi, Hassiba Bent-Bouali. Devant : Samia Lakhdari, Omar, le neveu de Yacef Saadi, Ali la Pointe, une arme à la main, et Zohra Drif.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date30 September 1956
PlaceAlgiers, Algeria
36.776N, 3.060E
Part ofAlgerian War (1954 to 1962)
KindBattle, Cold War
ResultFrench victory
BelligerentsFLNFrench Fourth Republic; La Main Rouge
CommandersAbane Ramdane; Krim Belkacem; Larbi Ben M'hidi; Benkhedda; Saad Dahlab; Yacef Saâdi; Ali la PointeJacques Massu; Marcel Bigeard; Yves Godard; Roger Trinquier; Pierre Jeanpierre; Paul Aussaresses
Strength5,000 militants8,000 soldiers; 1,500 policemen
Casualties and losses3,000 killed or missing300 killed; 900 wounded
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Battle of Algiers is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 60 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1761043, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Algiers (1956–1957), revision 1374865618, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.